Several people in court wore shirts with pictures of Taura Krill-McCormick's dogs that died. The woman began crying uncontrollably and had to leave the room.

Several people in court wore shirts with pictures of Taura Krill-McCormick's dogs that died. The woman began crying uncontrollably and had to leave the room.

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Updated: 5:51 PM EDT Jul 30, 2015

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WEBVTT STORY YOU'LL SEE ONLY ON 4. REPORTER: AS THE DEFENDANT SAT HERE INSIDE THIS COURTROOM AWAITING HER PRELIMINARY HEARING, A GROUP OF WOMEN FILLED THE SEATS AROUND HER, IN SUPPORT OF THE DOGS THAT POLICE SAY SHE ALLOWED TO SUFFER AND DIE. CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY, TAURA KRILL-MCCORMICK WAS TOO UPSET TO STAY INSIDE THE COURTROOM AFTER THIS GROUP OF WOMEN SAT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HER. THE BACKS OF THEIR SHIRTS VISIBLE TO KRILL-MCCORMICK SHOWED THE FIVE DOGS THAT POLICE SAY SHE LEFT TO SUFFER INSIDE HER BEECHVIEW HOME. WE WANTED HER TO SEE AND REMEMBER THOSE THAT SHE ACTUALLY HURT AND MURDERED. REPORTER: THESE WOMEN VOLUNTEER FOR VARIOUS ANIMAL RESCUES, SOME VOLUNTEERED WITH KRILL-MCCORMICK. THERE'S NO EXCUSE, SHE HAD MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ON RESCUE, SHE TALKED TO ME, SHE KNOWS I HELP WITH ANIMAL RESCUE, SHE COULD HAVE CALLED ANY ONE OF US TO GO GET THEM AND WE WOULD HAVE GONE IN A HEART BEAT. REPORTER: INSTEAD, SHE LEFT HER FIVE DOGS ALONE FOR ABOUT A MONTH, FOUR LOCKED IN CAGES STARVED TO DEATH. THIS DOG ROSCOE IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. HE POLICE SAY WAS LOCKED IN A BASEMENT, BUT NOT CAGED. KRILL-MCCORMICK'S ATTORNEY SAYS SHE'S HAD A TOUGH TIME. EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN TO THIS GIRL ALL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME. REPORTER: BUT HE SAYS IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, AND SAYS THE TEARS HERE SHOW HOW MUCH HIS CLIENT LOVED HER DOGS. SHE WAS NOT EMOTIONAL BECAUSE SHE'S HERE TODAY AND CHARGED. SHE'S EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THESE ANIMALS SUFFERED. REPORTER: BUT THOSE WHO CAME TO THE HEARING TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIVE DOGS THAT SUFFERED SAY THE TEARS CAME TOO LATE. IF SHE STARTED CRYING WHEN SHE SAW THE SHIRT, SHE SHOULD HAVE CRIED WHEN THE DOGS WERE STARVING AND CRYING FOR FOOD. REPORTER: TAURA KRILL-MCCORMICK WAIVED HER PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY. SHE IS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN COURT IN SEPTEMBER, SHE DOES REMAIN CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS

Beechview woman greeted by protesters at her hearing

Several people in court wore shirts with pictures of Taura Krill-McCormick's dogs that died. The woman began crying uncontrollably and had to leave the room.